Drug trafficking charges against Australian nurse dropped

A Malaysian Court has dropped drug trafficking charges against Australian nurse Emma L'aiguille, 44, who faced the death penalty for trafficking one kilogram of methamphetamine but argued she did not know the drugs were in the car she was driving.

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EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: A court in Malaysia has dropped drug trafficking charges against an Australian nurse.

Forty-four-year-old Emma Louise L'Aiguille faced the death penalty after she was charged with trafficking one kilogram of methamphetamine in July.

But the court accepted testimony that the Australian woman didn't know the drugs were in the car she was driving.